America's Housing Patterns from Above Traditional

Houses on the water. Canal housing may offer the appearance of living on the water, but the previous example shows how the suburban norms (roads, yards) are still maintained. Houseboats, on the other hand, offer the reality of life on the water (waves and all) as well as the ability to move from one slip to another, or even to another city. This "neighborhood" of houseboats in Sausalito, California, is closer to the form of boat docks than suburban sprawl … although I guess each walkway could be seen as a cul-de-sac.

Sausalito houseboats and dock cul de sacs